Marc Arsell Robinson

Dr. Marc Arsell Robinson is Assistant Professor of African American history at California State University, San Bernardino. In 2022, he won the Mellon Emerging Faculty Leader Award, and served as Visiting Fellow in Equity, Justice, and Inclusion at the University of Oregon’s Clark Honors College. Dr. Robinson’s research focuses on the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements in the Pacific Northwest. His forthcoming monograph, Washington State Rising: Black Power on Campus in the Pacific Northwest will be published in August 2023 as part of the Black Power Series of New York University Press. His previous publications include journal articles in the Pacific Northwest Quarterly, and in California History. He has also contributed numerous essays and book reviews in platforms such as Blackpast.org, The Western Journal of Black Studies, Reference Services Review, The Journal of Black Studies, The Journal of African American History, and Race in American Television: Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation.